Shloka 68
Kṛṣṇa’s Impending Departure; Uddhava’s Surrender; King Yadu and the Avadhūta’s Twenty-Four Gurus
Beginnings
अहो मे पश्यतापायमल्पपुण्यस्य दुर्मते: । अतृप्तस्याकृतार्थस्य गृहस्त्रैवर्गिकोहत: ॥ ६८ ॥
aho me paśyatāpāyam alpa-puṇyasya durmateḥ atṛptasyākṛtārthasya gṛhas trai-vargiko hataḥ
အို... ငါ့ရဲ့ ပျက်စီးခြင်းကို ကြည့်ပါဦး။ ငါဟာ ကုသိုလ်ကံနည်းပါးတဲ့ လူမိုက်ပါပဲ။ ငါ့ဘဝရဲ့ ရည်မှန်းချက်တွေ မပြည့်ဝသေးသလို စိတ်ကျေနပ်မှုလည်း မရသေးပါဘူး။ ငါ့ရဲ့ ဘာသာတရားနဲ့ စီးပွားရေး အခြေခံဖြစ်တဲ့ မိသားစုဘဝကတော့ အခု ပျက်စီးသွားပါပြီ။
Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that the word atṛptasya indicates that the pigeon was not satisfied with the sense gratification he had achieved. Although he was completely attached to his wife, children and nest, he could not sufficiently enjoy them since there is ultimately no satisfaction in such things. Akṛtārthasya indicates that his hopes and dreams for future expansion of his sense gratification were now also ruined. People commonly refer to their “home, sweet home” as their nest, and money put aside for future sense gratification is called a nest egg. Therefore, all of the love birds of the material world should clearly note how their so-called wife, children and fortune will all be dragged away in the hunter’s net. In other words, death will finish everything.
FAQs
This verse explains that chronic dissatisfaction (atṛpti) and lack of real purpose arise when one lives for dharma, wealth, and enjoyment without seeking the soul’s ultimate fulfillment—devotion and liberation.
He is not condemning family life itself, but warning that household life centered only on the three worldly goals (traivarga) can “ruin” one by keeping the heart unsatisfied and diverting one from the highest goal—bhakti and mokṣa.
Pursue responsibilities and prosperity, but add a clear spiritual center—daily sādhana, devotion, and service—so life is not driven only by achievement and pleasure, which the verse says cannot satisfy the soul.